Austin City Limits is the latest music fest to require that festival-goers show proof of vaccination or a negative test in order to attend. Organizers announced Thursday that anyone attending the fest must have “a printed copy of a negative Covid-19 test result” obtained within 72 hours of the festival, …
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As the U.S. vaccination rates rise, the White House unveiled its plan to distribute 25 million vaccine doses from its federal pool of supply to other countries in need. “As long as this pandemic is raging anywhere in the world, the American people will still be vulnerable,” Biden said in …
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Global Citizen announced Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World last month to encourage Covid-19 vaccinations around the world. During the special, Global Citizen will call on philanthropists and corporations to donate enough “dollars-for-doses” to vaccinate more than 27 million international healthcare workers. The event was pre-taped on Sunday, …
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Jazz is a web. Because of the genre’s inherently collaborative, often mix-and-match nature, singling out a supporting player we like on a given record might lead us to dozens of other sessions featuring that same artist in various contexts. Or we might pick up a certain current in the music …
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On a Thursday in mid-November, Kelli Eaves and Whitney Fang loaded up their van and set out across the country. Driving through the night, they left Dallas, Texas, for Brooklyn, New York. This wasn’t an average road trip, and that’s not just because we’re in the midst of a pandemic. …
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As the CNN graphic tabulating coronavirus dead neared 200,000, the news network’s White House reporter described to the audience how utterly removed from reality the president of the United States actually is. “In a stunning departure from reality, President Trump is giving himself the best possible grade for his handling …
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On Monday night, Billy Joel was one of the few faces lingering in the otherwise largely deserted Times Square. His face appeared high in the sky, beamed onto 12 giant digital billboards in the famously chaotic midtown Manhattan neighborhood. It simultaneously beamed into TVs and internet livestreams as part of …
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Magazine making is an intensely collaborative effort among writers, editors, researchers, designers, and photographers — yet in March, and now into April, we, like many Americans, were forced to work in isolation, communicating over phone, email, Slack and Zoom, as we adapt to this terrifying, temporary new global reality. As …
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The tragic news that songwriter-producer Adam Schlesinger died of COVID-19 complications at the age of 52 caused an outpouring of grief and a renewed appreciation for his vast body of work. And although many fans remembered the music he made with his band Fountains of Wayne or his songs for …
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Walter Martin and the National‘s Matt Berninger teamed up for “Quarantine Boogie (Loco),” a hilarious new track about life in self-isolation during the coronavirus pandemic. The former Walkmen member is asking for donations to City Harvest, which will help feed New York City’s children and families. “I was feeling weird/ …
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